 According to an article published recently in the Mail Online, Japanese scientists have created cells capable of killing cancer for the first time. The article says this dramatic breakthrough was made by researchers in Japan who created cancer-specific killer T-cells. The next step will be to test whether these cells can selectively kill tumor cells but not other cells in the human body. The findings were published in the journal Cell Stem Cell. Medwire News reporter Sarah Guy says U.S. researchers have reported the success and feasibility of a novel method of carrying out partial nephrectomy in kidney patients using minimally invasive surgery. This procedure involves injecting ice slush into the kidney through a gel point-access port. In all seven individuals formed the study cohort, no patients experienced a drop in core body temperature of more than half a degree centigrade, and the one-month minimum follow-up data indicate no postoperative complications.